10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World

A journey showing the world most dangerous animals.

10. The Bear

As humans, we share our world with many different species and animals. I am going to take you on adventure showing you the 10 most dangerous animals in the world! 10. The Bear Like Yogi Bear, bears can be your best friend and make you just want to cuddle with them. But in the wild, are they the same way? Bears are extremely dangerous met 1 on 1 in the wild which gets them the #10 spot in most dangerous animal.

Fatalities a year: 5-10

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9.The Shark

As children, we were all raised to be scared of sharks. From the blood and teeth in the movies, we would hate them. Well, sharks aren’t as bad as they are in the movies but they sure are nasty killers.

Fatalities per year:About 100

 

8. The Jellyfish

Jellyfish are interesting but extremely scary creatures. From big and annoying jellyfish to extremely small, deadly ones, jellyfish make their way to #8. When making contact, the jellyfish’s tentacles can paralyze a human and manifests itself as cardiac arrest.

Fatalities a year: About 100

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7. The Hippopotamus

Mostly found in Africa, the hippopotamus is a large ruthless animal that lives in water and land. Its mouth can open up to 4 feet and can crush like a sledgehammer. With these characteristics, it is bound to make it into the #7 spot.

Fatalities a year:100-150

6. The Elephant

Despite their friendly appearance and cleverness, elephants have been known to attack without warning, sometimes killing zookeepers whom they’ve known for 15 years. With their size and huge tusks, it is easy to imagine why the elephant made it to spot #6.

Fatalities a year:300-500

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5. The Crocodile

Mostly found in Africa and Australia, the crocodile is one of the world’s most deadliest animals. The crocodile has an amazing speed and bone-crushing jaw force. One meal will last it a while so it can wait under water to plan it’s next attack.

Fatalities a year: 600-800

4. Big Cats

Animals such as lions, tigers and jaguars all fall into #4. With outrageous speeds, you are sure to be caught if you take the risky chance and run(if you do ever fall in to that situation, do not turn and run and rather look it in the eyes and open your coat to make you look bigger).

Fatalities a year: About 800

3. The Scorpion

Though much smaller than most of the creatures behind it, the scorpion has a venomous sting. The scorpion most likely causes more fatalities than recorded due to the fact that the attacks occur in isolated places as it is their habitat. 

Fatalities a year:800-2000

2. Venomous Snakes

More than 450 species of snakes are venomous and 250 capable of killing a man enlarging the chance of a snake you encounter to be extremely dangerous. Attacks occur mostly in Africa, Asia and North America. Humans are a great prey for venomous snakes due to the bloodstream. Once injected with venom, it runs through your whole body.

Fatalities a year:50-125,000

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AND THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…….

1. The Mosquito

I bet you were expecting the most vicious most scary animal but the biggest killer in the whole world… is the mosquito. Thanks to its ability to spread diseases with an alarming efficiency, the mosquito makes its way into #1. Best known for spreading Malaria, mosquitos also spread elephantiasis, yellow fever and West Nile Virus.

Fatalities a year:2-3 million (wow)

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35 Responses to “10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World”

  1. neha Says...

    On April 2, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    i am scared of snakes and scorpians


  2. xsheenax Says...

    On April 3, 2009 at 6:45 am

    yea we all are. but now im also scared of mosquitos!


  3. sarroora Says...

    On April 5, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Good list – I’m scared of the scorpion and crocodile!


  4. xsheenax Says...

    On April 5, 2009 at 9:46 am

    yea, i have a really strong fear of jellyfish. the box jellyfish whis is like 1 inch in size can kill you and ty


  5. random reader Says...

    On April 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Really cool article. I’ve been around most of these animals since I spend summers at wildlife sanctuaries, zoos (only the humane ones), and clinics where they treat rescued animals.


  6. xsheenax Says...

    On April 8, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    thats awesome! nice of you to do that


  7. random writer Says...

    On April 10, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    wow i am surprised when it says that the most dangerous one is mosquito!!!


  8. rando, writer Says...

    On April 12, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    the most dangerous animal in the world are humans


  9. gruffalo Says...

    On April 14, 2009 at 9:12 am

    I totally agree. The most dangerous animal is the human being.


  10. Captain Obvious Says...

    On April 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    I’m scared of people who can’t spell or use proper sentence structure!


  11. tadpole Says...

    On April 15, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    yall are all wimps if you are scared of one of these animals i would love to have every single animal on this list if i could


  12. swampfire Says...

    On April 23, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


  13. george Says...

    On May 9, 2009 at 9:44 am

    nothing supprised me at all. i hated it SO MUCH!!! that i wish i printed two so i could throw it out two times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  14. Camtron0 Says...

    On May 13, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    I think you all of you guys are crazy. All of this information is compeletly fabricated or twisted from the truth. For example Hippos are much more terrotial than Elephants. You can’t just go up and play rudemtery soccer with a Hippo, But you can with an elephant. The Hippo would try to hurt you at the very least if you got that close.

    YOu might as well put house cats on that list for all the deaths they cause (witch is way more than you think. If a cat bites you, GO TO THE HOSPITAL! If untreated a regular cat bite can cause a not fully understood allergic reaction which can result in death.)


  15. Camtron0 Says...

    On May 13, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    However I do agree with #9.


  16. huchymamma Says...

    On May 20, 2009 at 11:19 am

    I think that this list is very bias. And an elephant will only play with humans if it is TRAINED! Also an elephant will go through more that one trainer before it is safe to be around, because of all the injuries it has caused its other trainers. Also i don’t think that hippos should be on this list because how often do people go around hippos… most people i know have only seen a hippo at the zoo. Im sure there is another animal that beats it.


  17. spicerella Says...

    On May 20, 2009 at 11:43 am

    wow i agree with this list but i think a couger should be on there and i agree with huchymamma.


  18. xsheenax Says...

    On May 20, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    a cougar is a big cat which is up thereand im sure a rhino can be extremely violent in africa.


  19. Jack Says...

    On May 23, 2009 at 3:24 am

    people so dumb to always say “HUMANS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL”. I guess modern-day primates still do exist, and their stupidity seems quite dangerous.
    -jack @ Dangerous Animals


  20. randon killer! Says...

    On May 25, 2009 at 5:48 am

    i wish i could have a salt water crocodile as a pet if i could….


  21. jack Says...

    On May 29, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    MOSQUITOES AREN’T ANIMALS FYI… N1ce


  22. RoXy Says...

    On June 2, 2009 at 2:19 am

    The most scary is the mosquito!!!


  23. super c Says...

    On June 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    the sharks and the scorpions are super dangerous but the scorpion has to be small to kill you because i read that if small it got more poison


  24. super c Says...

    On June 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    I meet most of this animals before one time we were in a helicopter and a great white shark jump and my uncle the boss of the helicopter shoot him.


  25. Christian Says...

    On June 20, 2009 at 4:17 am

    The shark fatalities is wrong, they even kill less people than bees, there are some years that there wasn’t even a fatality, and most place agree that it’s in between 1-5 fatalities a year, so you are being very misleading with your 100 fatalities.


  26. Christian Says...

    On June 20, 2009 at 4:19 am

    actually the fatalities are 0-2 per year, just correcting myself.


  27. jayender heer Says...

    On July 12, 2009 at 3:19 am

    i like all these animals becoz all amimals are created by god . you know man is the most dangerous animal on the earth . i like all the animals and i respect all the animals . i want all humanbeings do not want to disturbed all the animals and most dangerous animals thats it…..


  28. abhay Says...

    On July 18, 2009 at 2:37 am

    many of them r not dangerous….they attack people for self defence……specially snakes…


  29. HUMAN Says...

    On July 20, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    U are all fools most dangerous animal in the world to man to the planet to other animals is humans. we have had 2 world wars where we killed millions of our own and countless other wars from the beginning of our history. we even created a word for how much destuction and death we cause its : Annihilation.


  30. nixish Says...

    On August 14, 2009 at 1:52 am

    Shouldn’t number 1 be humans? thousands of humans are killed by humans and humans are animals. QED
    Please change this list as it is wrong!!!!!


  31. People Says...

    On August 23, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    U guys are Woman


  32. vanderlei Says...

    On August 29, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    well, the biggest killer is not listed … the man! these animals only attack to defend, is that we invaded their habitat …


  33. shalini Says...

    On September 7, 2009 at 10:39 am

    the dangerous animal is a human.If we kill animals they will also get angry and try to kill us.If we are kind to animals they will also be kind to us.but now we cant do anything because humans have aldready showed their stupid predujice and kiled and harmed animals.For me no animal is dangerous.thanks.


  34. MOHAMED IRSHAD AMEER(ZATS) Says...

    On September 30, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    HUMANS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL AND POISSON’S IN THE WORLD.BCOZ THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN EARTH.


  35. Alij1333 Says...

    On October 10, 2009 at 9:29 am

    You are all saying the same thing. Yes, the human being is dangerous. Move forward from that please???? And I wish that this list included species. Oh and by the way, you all are making yourselves look retarded when you shorten words like are to r and and especially to specially and cannot properly write a complete sentence. You are truly the most dangerous species in the world; to intelligence levels at the very least.


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